How do I change the branch to commit (master > main) using git bash?-CodePudding

I'll summarize what happened to my computer.

What I wanted to do

To upload my local folder "freshman" to github repository named "Hanyang", I typed the commands below;

git init
git add freshman
git commit -m "blahblah"
git remote add origin https://github.com/myUsername/Hanyang.git
git push -u origin master
git push origin master

What happened

But I realized that the folder is well uploaded but inadvertently at the 'master' branch, while the default branch was 'main'.
So I manually deleted 'master' branch in github, got back to git bash then tried git add freshman again.

Did I have to do something to change the target branch (master > main) before merely trying git add freshman again?

Anyway unlike the first typing of the command, however, git bash says "nothing is added" even I checked it via git status - besides it says "my branch is up to date with 'origin/master' " which I already deleted as the image.

What I want to do now

In this situation, what should I do to upload my ''freshman'' folder to the main branch of the repository in github such that I can upload other folders (sophomore, etc.) after this?

CodePudding user response：

run git branch to see what branch you are on

to switch to main if not on main run git checkout main

if branch main doesn't exist locally you will need to run git branch main before checking it out

Then you can add your file, set the remote for the main branch, and push to origin main

CodePudding user response：

git branch -M main

for more information, look under Branching & Merging

https://github.com/joshnh/Git-Commands